Changes During the Year

Outside of Annual Enrollment, you may not make changes to your benefits unless you have certain qualified change of status events including:

• marriage, divorce, annulment, or spouse’s death;

• birth, adoption, medical child-support order, or dependent’s death;

• significant change in residence if the change affects you or your dependents’ current plan eligibility;

• change of job status affecting eligibility;

• change in dependent’s eligibility (e.g., reaching age 26 – dependent children become ineligible for any coverage the month following their 26th birthday, or gaining or losing eligibility for any other reason); or

• significant change in coverage or cost of other benefit plans available to you and your family.

You may enroll in or make changes to benefits by contacting your institution’s HR or Benefits office within 31 days of one of these change of status events.

*Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents will also have an opportunity to add or drop the UT CARE Medicare Advantage PPO plan in November.